Needle-threader and pincushion.



PATENTBD JULY 3 H. G. WILMERLING. NEEDLE THREADER AND PINOUSHION.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 8. 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1906.

Application filed September 8, 1.905- Serial No. 277,562.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY G. WILMER LING, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, inthe county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new andImproved Needle-Threader and Pincushion, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a construction ofneedle-threader comprising a tubular body made in telescopic sectionsfor the reception of needles and a head constructed mainly of glass, theglass section being provided with an opening to receive the eye-sectionof a needle, which latter opening is at right angles to and crosses theneedleopening, whereby such a smooth surface is.

presented to the thread that it can be quickly and conveniently passedto and through the eye of the needlewithout the slightest danger ofchafing the thread.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide a base for the body ofthe threader, which base is in the form of a cushion, the body of thethreader being assed through the cushion and attached to t e same insuch manner as to draw the central top and bottom portions together,thus assisting in shaping the cushion and tending to render it compact.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompany ing drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding 1parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a vertica section through the improved threader and itsbase; and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the threader, thesection being taken practically on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

A represents a needle-receiving tube which comprises a body-section 10and a capsection 11, which is slid into the body-section 10 at its lowerend. The upper end of the body-section 10 of the needle-receiving tube Ais closed by a head B, and this head consists of a shell 12, preferablycircular in cross-section, the shell being provided with a ring-likebase 14, and this ring-like base is of greater diameter than the body ofthe shell, being of such diameter as to snugly fit over the body-section10 of the needle-receiving tube at its ,u per end, as is shown in Fig.1, and the said base 14 is secured to the needlereceiving tube bybrazing, by rivets, or by being screwed thereon.

The shell 12 is provided with a conical top 13, and said shell isprovided with a filling of glass, which is poured in molten state intothe shell, filling the same from the top to about the upper portion ofthe base, as is shown in Fig. 1, and when the glass hardens it forms ablock 15, which is substantially an integral ortion of the shell. Afterthe glass has ardened flat surfaces 16 are ground or otherwise producedat o posite sides of the body portion of the shel and at these flattenedsurfaces 1 6 the glass block 15 appears, as, is shown in Fig. 2. Avertical 0 ening 17 is made in the central portion of t e top 13 of theshell 12, and this opening is carried vertically down into the centralportion of the glass block 15, as shown in Fig. 1, and at the exposedportions of the glass block atransverse opening 18 is made, which at itscenter crosses the vertical opening 17. The opening 18 is widened fromits center in direction of its ends, rendering the end portions of theopening 18 more or less conical, their outer ends being of greatestdiameter. The opening 17 is of the same cross-sectional area as thecross-section of the needle to be threaded, so that when a needle ispassed head downward into said 0 ening the needle is in position to bethrea ed.

When a needle 19 is placed head down in the opening 17 in the head ofthe threader, the eye of the needle will be located at that point wherethe transverse opening 18 crosses the vertical opening 17, as is shownin Fig. 1, and the opening 18 being so much wider at its ends than atany other point in its length enables the thread to be passed throughthe opening 18 from either side of the head 12 and directly throughtheeye of the needle and out at the opposite side of the said head, thusthreading the needle, and when the needle is withdrawn, carrying thethread 11 with it, the thread engages with a smoot polished surface ofglass, and the thread will in no manner be chafed nor is there anyliability of the thread being out.

A base C is rovided for the threader just described, and this base is inthe form of a cushion, being adapted to receive needles not in use. Thebody 10 of the needle-receiving tube A is provided near its center withIIO 10 of the needle-receiving tube is passed through openings at thetop and bottom of the cover of the cushion and through the ma terialintervening such arts, and at said openings in the cover of th grornetis forced down u on-the tube-section 10 toa position below teupper'rib-QO, the central upper portion of the cushionwill I be presseddownward andiI1W8;Id, :3;Ild Wh6II thB lower gromet is madeto'enterthespace-above the lower rib -21= on the said: tube-sectionlO thelowercentra'l portion of the cushion' wil'l be carri'ed'u Ward andinwardithusremtering the cus 'on' exceedingly c'om act and tending-toshape the same, leaving a so ac'aiv ity at the bottom central portion--of the e cushion grom'ets- 22 are firmly secured. When the upper" PatentA needle-threading device, comprising a tube provided with exteriorribs, and with a cap for containing needles telescoping therein, acushion through which the said tube passes, the cushion being providedwith upper and lowergromets, adapted toengage with-the said ribs, formjng depressions at the top andibottom of the cushion, and aneedlethreadingdevice in the up er-"endof-the tube. Intestimony whereofhave signed my nameto this specification-in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses. v

G": WIIJM-ERLIN-GE Witnesses:

F. AFOR-D, Evnnnnn B; MARS-BABE.

